Product Manager - Trucks & Buses | Al-Futtaim Automotive | FAMCO Qatar

Al-Futtaim; Doha; On-site; QAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Al-Futtaim Automotive, Doha, Qatar, is seeking an experienced Product Manager for the Volvo Bus portfolio. You will ensure the model line meets market needs, support budgeted sales, and drive margins through pricing, model development, and tender coordination.

The role requires close collaboration with the brand principal, customers, Finance, Marketing, Sales, OEMs, bus body builders, and ITS suppliers. Travel to factories and customer sites will be required as part of project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3–5 years of experience in product development, sales, marketing, or related field.
• Strong product-management or planning knowledge for commercial vehicles.
• Good understanding of vehicle specifications, pricing, margins, and market requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop new models and specifications while enhancing the existing portfolio.
• Review models; adjust spec or pricing to stay competitive.
• Conduct competitor, pricing, and specification analyses to support planning decisions.
• Coordinate product enquiries and maintain relationships with the brand principal.
• Work closely with Volvo to address and resolve product-related concerns.
• Coordinate tenders and ensure timely submission and updates to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Finance on pricing approvals and tender documentation.
• Visit bus body-builder factories when required and accompany customers during factory visits.
• Provide customers with production updates and monitor progress against specifications and timelines.
• Coordinate with OEMs, bus body builders, and ITS equipment suppliers to support technical integration and timely project delivery.

Skills

Product management

Stakeholder management

Commercial vehicle sales

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Requisition ID: 182249

About Al-Futtaim
Established in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim is one of the most diversified and progressive privately held regional businesses, headquartered in Dubai. Operating across more than 20 countries, the Group spans automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and health. With more than 40,000 employees, Al-Futtaim represents over 200 of the world's most recognised brands, including Toyota, Lexus, IKEA, ACE and Marks & Spencer. Driven by its purpose to enrich lives and elevate communities, Al-Futtaim focuses on digital innovation, AI, sustainable growth and strategic partnerships, creating long-term value for customers, communities and partners while building a responsible legacy for future generations.

Overview of the role

We are currently looking for an experienced Product Manager to join our Bus Division in FAMCO Qatar. The role is responsible for managing the Volvo Bus product portfolio and ensuring that the model line meets market requirements while supporting the achievement of budgeted sales volume, revenue, gross profit, and market share. The Product Manager will oversee product specifications, pricing, model development, tender coordination, and technical integration. The role requires close collaboration with the brand principal, customers, Finance, Marketing, Sales, OEMs, bus body builders, and equipment suppliers.

What you will do

• . Develop new models and specifications while continuously enhancing the existing product portfolio.
• . Review current models and recommend timely specification or pricing changes to maintain competitiveness, sales volumes, and margins.
• . Conduct competitor, pricing, and specification analyses to support product-planning decisions.
• . Manage product enquiries and maintain effective relationships with the brand principal.
• . Work closely with Volvo to address and resolve product-related concerns.
• . Coordinate customer tenders, monitor submission timelines, and ensure all stakeholders are regularly updated.
• . Collaborate with Finance to ensure accurate and timely pricing approvals and completion of tender documentation.
• . Visit bus body-builder factories when required and accompany customers during factory visits.
• . Provide customers with production updates and monitor vehicle-build progress against agreed specifications and timelines.
• . Coordinate with OEMs, bus body builders, and ITS equipment suppliers to support technical integration, quality compliance, and timely project delivery.
• . Follow up on technical, production, and supplier-related issues to ensure timely resolution.
• . Work closely with Marketing and Sales teams to support product launches, portfolio positioning, and market-share growth.

Required skills to be successful

• . Bachelor's Degree graduate
• . Three to five years of experience within product development, sales, marketing, or a related function.
• . Strong product-management, product-planning, or Commercial Vehicles sales knowledge.
• . Good understanding of vehicle specifications, pricing, margins, and market requirements.

About the team

You will be part of the Bus Division, working closely with the Product, Sales, Marketing, and Finance teams. You will also engage regularly with the brand principal, customers, OEMs, third-party suppliers, bus body builders, and ITS equipment suppliers to ensure that product, pricing, technical, and delivery requirements are successfully managed.

What equips you for the role

• . Experience managing product specifications, pricing, tenders, or complex product portfolios would be advantageous.
• . Demonstrated ability to work effectively with customers, internal stakeholders, principals, and external suppliers.
• . A proactive, detail-oriented, and commercially focused approach.
• . Ability to conduct competitor, pricing, and specification analyses.
• . Effective stakeholder-management and relationship-building skills.
• . Strong coordination and follow-up capabilities, particularly for tenders and product-development projects.
• . Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• . Proficiency in computers and relevant business applications.
• . Initiative, creativity, and strategic-thinking ability.
• . Willingness to travel to bus body-builder factories and accompany customers on factory visits when required.

Al-Futtaim Automotive is one of the region's leading mobility businesses, operating across eight countries in the Middle East, Asia and North Africa.

With a portfolio of more than 25 world-leading brands, we deliver one of the region's most comprehensive mobility ecosystems.

Our capabilities span passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles and industrial equipment, backed by integrated logistics, leasing, aftersales and financial services that deliver a seamless customer experience across every stage of the mobility journey.

Our vision is to become a world-class mobility player, creating better experiences for our customers through innovation, digital transformation and a relentless focus on customer experience. We work alongside some of the world's most trusted automotive brands to shape the future of mobility, delivering solutions that meet the evolving needs of individuals, businesses and communities.

Behind everything we do is a team of more than 9,000 colleagues united by ambition, collaboration and a shared commitment to progress. Together, we're shaping the future of mobility, embracing new technologies and creating better experiences for our customers. At Al-Futtaim Automotive, you'll be empowered to turn ambition into action and help move our customers, our business and your career forward.